Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 4: Songbirds: The Wrong Kind of Knight - Tapa blanda

An excellent full range of phonic usage for these stages of text. I feel children would benefit immensely from the scheme. (St Nicholas Primary School , Oxford )

What a lovely way of showing the relation of text to words in a story! (Literacy Teacher, Oxfordshire )

Songbirds is a new Phonics series from Oxford Reading Tree. It comprises real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffulo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories are phonic stories that support the latest curriculum developments. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds provide: BLfully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 36 books over 6 stages BLopportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends BLlively illustrations by a variety of artists BLflexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching BLan exciting interactive CD-Rom to accompany Stages 4-6 Stage 4 titles practise the long vowel sounds: BLQueen Anneena's Feast - ee ea y e BLSpike Says - igh y ie i-e i BLThe Wrong Kind of Knight - ee ea y e, igh y ie i-e i BLMoan, Moan, Moan - oa ow o-e o BLThe Snake and the Drake - ai ay a-e a BLTadpoles - ee ea y e, i-e i, ow o-e o, ai ay a-e a